10 U.S. Code § 5949 - Policy as to leave and liberty

The commanding officer of a vessel shall favor the faithful and obedient in granting leave and liberty.

Source

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

5949

34 U.S.C. 220.

R.S. 1431.

The words “to exercise carefully a discrimination in” are omitted as surplusage. The words “leave and liberty” are substituted for “temporary leave of absence and liberty on shore” to conform to modern terminology.

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